Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-07

Horse to Fight.
GEORGIA.
new militia district has been created
In Clayton county. Its number Is 1906.
Sam Small, who has been reported In
the North as dying, has Oecn sick, but IS
Improving in health.
Andrew LeConte fcolcred) now lang
uishes in jail al HiHesyilie. Aadrew 10
accused OF stealing a morse, tying him
out In the woods and starving him to
death.
The Comptrol r General received Mon
day the official bonds OF tee tax Off
OF Towns county. These were the last Of
the officers 81 no have been behind with
their bonds.
Capt. william Hugh 5, OF Hinesvilee,
has gone on visit OF several weeks 20
Dodge county. where ne mas been en-
ployed oy the Amoskeag Land and
Lumber Company, to survey their large
tract Of land.
AT Atlanta Monday morning the con-
ductor on West Point passenger tram
found four negro men and negro woman
secreted on the trucks under tue coac
and pulled them out. Ihey had ridden
over 100 miles.
The Empire warehouse at Forsyth has
recently been sold by Hon. K. p. TriUpe
to Dir. ". I. Maynard. Needed repairs
" III Ut UlhuE ana the Dlt uiNE De DuL In
frst-clsss order. In the building is q
splendid banking department, 70 whicu
Messrs. Maynard Il son will move their
banking business from its present iOca-
ton.
Mr. Booth, wbo has a small store near
the market house Al Athens, does all Of
bis drawing and delivery with PAIR OF
large white coats attached to a li;tle
wagon. IIey Will easily carry two bales
Fafb ar a
90 the wagon. Sir, Booth delivers goods
all over the city WIKI the goats, driven by
white by.
Near Union Point, Sunday. Arthur
Howard (col red snpt Seymour John
son, also cOlOr-d, and N ssad hIm. Mon
day morning Ho"a ard. finding Johnson in
the CRIB snelIns coru. tried il over ain,
sn0oilug him IN the ear with p.st0. ball.
The wound Is very serious. II not a fatal
one. Both men We're employed on the
plantation Of Mr.. }. II. Carlton.
A movement is on foot at Athens to
have a session 81 the teachers of the
city particularly, aud OF tue county,
and Of all Northeast Georgia, held
ID Athens during the first TWO
weeks OF August. There is no rea-
son why, ali told, 800 teachers NAV not
De gathered there for an enthusiastic and
FecreatiFe work at the time stated.
hc - al trA ~ ire ~ III a L-AUltflCaD q as
been placed in possession OF an old ri1.
that has bloody history. II was owned
Tor several years by the notorious que
flila chieitain Quautrell. The gun passed
into the possession of Barlow man
through tue hands of one OF the
outlaws friends. The gun is a formide-
Die looking weapon, and doubtless II it
could talk could unfold many dark MUIR
der.
Saturday In a
O'CLOCK the house of j. g. Pollock wa
burned. He lived near Co0sa. The
house and contents we're lost. The chill
dreD and whole family only escaped in
their night clothes. They are in a destl-
tute condition and their misfortune falls
heavily upon them. The cause of the fire
is matches LETT around tue premises care
lessly. The loss is 500, with no insur-
ance.
The Columbus and Gulf Navigation
company was organized at Columbus
Monday, with Capt. G. A. Klink as Presi-
dent, and James rhweatt as Secretary
and Treasurer. The company Will have
two steamboats, built to ply the Chatta-
hoochee river. One is TO be built at once,
and the other during the summer.
Arrangements have already been made
for connection with a line of steamers
from Boston.
Information has just been received o o
homicide IN the lower part OF Clincn
county, near the OkeIfnOkee swamp. The
d ficulty occurred three weeks ago
Hanford Allen, Jr.. and a neighDor q AIMED
Tumbiin quarreled about burnlug the
woods. Alien turned to walk away. when
Tumblin struck him in the head with an
ak, from winch Allen died a week after
TumbliD has so far esca ped arrest. These
men were connected by marriage, and
lived within mile OF each other.
One day last week some drummers
coming up on the East Tennessee. Wiz.
GINA and Georgia from Cochran saw two
suspiciOus-loOklng men on board, and
when they went out to the smoker the
drummers pee ped into their baggage and
found lull assortment OF tools, being
drills OF every kind. One OF tAe men got
of at Billiards. and one at Adams Park,
It is now believed that they were the
men who broke into Lige Harper's safe
at GardI the night before and secured
5000.
A gentleman OF Americus who has
taken quite an extensive trip into the
country during the week reports that the
cat crop is one o; the most prom sing he
has ever seen in thatisectlou. lie thinks
that should the crop fan else where, the
section embracing Sumter, Dooly, Web
ster and Lee could nearly supply the
State. He examined young fruit, and
found nearly two-thirds OF the peaches
killed and the rest Will drop off before
rlpening. Pluns have been entirely
killed, and other fruits are more or less
damaged.
Last Sunday morning a negro by the
name OF Jesse Humphreys, who had pre-
viously worked for }. p. Husbands. fired
the woods near the latter's place, about
two miles west OF Naldosta, Mr.. Hus-
bands went out TO see about the fire, aud
while he was away aud while Mrs. Hus-
bands was In the garden, the negro en-
tered the house and stole a pistol. some
tobacco. matches and other things that
lie could carry away. Mr.. Husbands
nearly lost his life at the negroes hands in
pursuing him, but wounded the black.
wko was eventually captured in Lowndes
county.
An important decision was rendered in
the Supreme Court at Atlanta Monday,
affecting the liability OF counties Tor
damages. Mr.. J. BIknap Smith sued he
counties OF wilkes aud McDufiie for
damages ALLEGED TO have resulted 10 the
water-power OF his mill from the improper
construction fine piers OF bridRe across
the creek short distance above his mill.
The court neld that where the contract
for building the bridge had been let out
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